Outrageously Funny Word Dictionary :: Etymological(ly)

👉 Okay, let's tackle that wonderfully prickly little wiggle of a word - "etymologically." Now, before you reach for your furrowed brow and mutter something along the lines of, "Just tell me what it
means
, already!", let’s unpack this.

Basically, "etymologicallyly," (yes, I just hyphenated that on purpose—it's part of the joke) is a spectacular comedic exaggeration! It’s when you go into absolutely ludicrous detail about the word's history, tracing its roots back through every freaking Germanic tribe who ever bothered to name something. You basically become an archaeological wreck digger for a single syllable. Let me paint you a picture: Instead of just saying something is because it comes from the Greek word for "sheep," you spend 15 minutes droning on about obscure diphthongs, the supposed migratory habits of early Indo-Avistani pastoralists, and the likely influence of Hittite vowel shifts on the final spelling. You quote dead guys who quoted dead guys, then squint suspiciously at a footnote mentioning a possible Etruscovite tangent. Seriously! It's meant to be funny because it’s an utterly excessive, almost hysterical, way of stating something is based in its origin. 90% of the time you use it, nobody actually cares and they just glaze over. You basically become a verbose, pedantic, historical wreck. Here's our edgy (maybe unsettling